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Save Mart launches online grocery delivery across banners

Instacart same-day service now available at nearly all stores

Russell Redman

June 28, 2019

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Following a successful pilot at one of its retail banners, The Save Mart Cos. has kicked off same-day grocery delivery through Instacart at nearly all of its supermarkets.

Instacart service began Wednesday at all Save Mart and FoodMaxx stores in California and northern Nevada, representing 133 locations. In early May, Modesto, Calif.-based Save Mart Cos. introduced Instacart delivery at 21 Lucky and Lucky California stores in the San Francisco Bay area. This week’s broader launch brings the service to the rest of Lucky’s stores.

Overall, The Save Mart Cos. operates 207 traditional supermarkets and price-impact grocery stores in California (198 locations) and Nevada (nine locations) under the Save Mart (79), Lucky/Lucky California (69), FoodMaxx (54), S-Mart Foods (four) and MaxxValue Foods (one) banners.

“We are excited to expand our Instacart online shopping and home delivery services throughout the operating area of our Save Mart, FoodMaxx, Lucky and Lucky California stores,” Save Mart Cos. Chief Marketing Officer Barbara Walker said in a statement. “Instacart’s service allows us an easy point of access to offer online the great values found in our stores, including high-quality, locally grown produce, ready-to-eat meal solutions, meat and seafood.”

Related:Lucky Supermarkets launches Instacart delivery

Besides packaged groceries and fresh foods, customers can order household essentials and beer, wine and spirits online through the Instacart marketplace or mobile app. Save Mart noted that shoppers will find the same prices as in stores.

Customers can select a delivery window of one hour or up to five days, and their orders are picked, packed and delivered by an Instacart personal shopper. For orders of $35 or more, the delivery fee is $3.99, and those signing up for an Instacart Express membership ($9.99 per month or an annual $99 fee) get unlimited free delivery on all orders over $35. New Instacart users who shop Save Mart and FoodMaxx can get $20 off their first order of $35 or more by entering the respective codes SAVEMART20 or 20OFFFOODMAXX at checkout.

“We’re proud to partner with The Save Mart Cos. to bring shoppers across each of their banner stores in California and northern Nevada a new way to have their groceries and everyday essentials delivered to their door in as fast as an hour,” said Andrew Nodes, vice president of retail at San Francisco-based Instacart. “Save Mart, Lucky, Lucky California and FoodMaxx are all grocery staples for California and Nevada residents. We’re excited to make grocery shopping easier for busy people and families that have been shopping at these stores for generations.”

Related:Save Mart jumps into online grocery arena

Along with Instacart delivery, The Save Mart Cos. offers its own online grocery pickup service, called ClickCart. The service launched about a year ago at a Save Mart store in Modesto and a Lucky California store in Dublin and is now available at a total of 20 Save Mart and Lucky stores in California.

About the Author

Russell Redman

Senior Editor
Supermarket News

Russell Redman has served as senior editor at Supermarket News since April 2018, his second tour with the publication. In his current role, he handles daily news coverage for the SN website and contributes news and features for the print magazine, as well as participates in special projects, podcasts and webinars and attends industry events. Russ joined SN from Racher Press Inc.’s Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers magazines, where he served as desk/online editor for more than nine years, covering the food/drug/mass retail sector. 

Russell Redman’s more than 30 years of experience in journalism span a range of editorial manager, editor, reporter/writer and digital roles at a variety of publications and websites covering a breadth of industries, including retailing, pharmacy/health care, IT, digital home, financial technology, financial services, real estate/commercial property, pro audio/video and film. He started his career in 1989 as a local news reporter and editor, covering community news and politics in Long Island, N.Y. His background also includes an earlier stint at Supermarket News as center store editor and then financial editor in the mid-1990s. Russ holds a B.A. in journalism (minor in political science) from Hofstra University, where he also earned a certificate in digital/social media marketing in November 2016.

Russell Redman’s experience:

Supermarket News - Informa
Senior Editor 
April 2018 - present

Chain Drug Review/Mass Market Retailers - Racher Press
Desk/Online Editor 
Sept. 2008 - March 2018

CRN magazine - CMP Media
Managing Editor
May 2000 - June 2007

Bank Systems & Technology - Miller Freeman
Executive Editor/Managing Editor
Dec. 1996 - May 2000

Supermarket News - Fairchild Publications
Financial Editor/Associate Editor
April 1995 - Dec. 1996 

Shopping Centers Today Magazine - ICSC 
Desk Editor/Assistant Editor
Dec. 1992 - April 1995

Testa Communications
Assistant Editor/Contributing Editor (Music & Sound Retailer, Post, Producer, Sound & Communications and DJ Times magazines)
Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1992 

American Banker/Bond Buyer
Copy Editor
Oct. 1990 - Jan. 1991 

This Week newspaper - Chanry Communications
Reporter/Editor
May 1989 - July 1990

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